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Ch 13 THE RESURGENCE OF EUROPE: RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION --from handout I. The Commercial Revolution A. Towns & the Middle Class 1. Growing population 2. Increase in trade = more power to middle class (merchants, traders, artisans) B. Importance of Guilds 1. Increased quality of life 2. =Middle Class growing C. Rise of Capitalism* 1. Due to decline of feudalism 2. =when demand for product rises, prices rise=profit to traders 3. =the Commercial Revolution* D. New Business Practices 1. Partnerships & Joint Stock Companies a. Pooled investor $ b. =worldwide trade & profit 2. Banking a. Bills of exchange (deposits) 3. Insurance a. Helped reduce business risk so more people would invest E. Social Changes 1. Use of $=less feudalism 2. More $ economy, less barter II. THE RENAISSANCE* & HUMANISM A. 1300-1500AD=a ―rebirth 1. Golden age in art, lit, science 2. Centered in Italy & spread North 3. Shift away from agricultural domination to urban society Renaissance Art Why ITALY? B. New Ways of Thinking 1. Humanism*=in the here & now, emphasized individual achievements 2. Revival of Greco- Roman learning C. Artistic Achievements 1. Architecture: revived Greco/Roman styles for columns, arches, domes 2. Art: humanist, religious, realistic, perspective (3D) Perspective The Trinity Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Masaccio 1427 Perspective! First use of linear perspective! What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become. 3. Michelangelo*: sculptor, engineer, poet, painter, architect a. Sistine Chapel b. Pieta c. David Michelangelo Dome of St. Peters Cathedral in Rome: Served as model for many political structures, including Capital Building in Washington DC 4. Leonardo DaVinci*: painter, anatomy, drawings. a. Mona Lisa Mona Lisa – da Vinci, 1503 Mona Lisa OR da Vinci?? b. The Last Supper vertical The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 horizontal Perspective! The Last Supper’s Geometry - da Vinci, 1498 A Da Vinci “Code”: St. John or Mary Magdalene? Geometrical Arrangement of Figures The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate Leonardo da Vinci 1469 Leonardo, the Artist: From his Notebooks of over 5000 pages (1508-1519) c. Drawings/sketches Leonardo, the Inventor: Pages from his Notebook D. Literary Achievement: writing now is everyday language (=vernacular) 1. Dante: ―the Divine Comedy Dante’s levels of Hell 2. Cervantes: ―Don Quixote 3. Shakespeare: human life events a. Romeo & Juliet, MacBeth 4. Machiavelli*: ―The Prince a. Use whatever means possible to secure, attain power E. Impact of the Printing Press 1. Bible by Johann Gutenberg* in 1456 a. Used moveable type b. Results: i. More books available ii.=cheaper books iii. Literacy increased iv. Ideas spread rapidly Renaissance Music A. Causes of the Reformation: 1. The Renaissance=questioning Church = Humanism 2. Strong Monarchs=kings increased power at expense of Church 3. Problems in the Church: corruption, greed of clergy, indulgences*(pardon for sins on earth & free pass into heaven for $) B. Protestant Reformers 1. Martin Luther*: German monk upset with sale of indulgences a. 95Theses*-posted by Luther on door of Wittenberg Church in Germany =Protestant Reformation* b. He believed faith, living a good life keys to heaven, Bible as guide to life, no indulgences, people reading/interpreting Bible themselves c.=Luther excommunicated d. His ideas spread w/ printing press e. His followers=Lutherans f. Luther’s Radical New Beliefs: i. no pope ii.priests to be called MINISTERS & could get married iii. translated Bible into German iv. no sale of indulgences v. Living a good life as the way to get to heaven Black cross: We are saved from sin because Jesus died on the cross. Red Heart: We live because Jesus shed His blood for us. Our faith in Him has saved us. White Rose: Our faith gives us joy, comfort, and peace. White is to remind us this is peace like the angels enjoy. Blue Background: Reminds us that we will meet Jesus in heaven. Gold Circle: Gold is precious; it reminds us of heaven's endless joys. A circle is an endless shape. Notice how much plainer this church is than previous Catholic churches? =Lutheranism 2. John Calvin: priest a. Believed in Predestination* b. Calvinism: strict adherence to Bible, frugal (thrifty), disciplined life = ancestors of Pilgrims & Puritans C. The (Catholic) CounterReformation* 1. Why? a. Stop the spread of Protestantism b. Stop loss of tithe $ 2. The Council of Trent—1545 a. Reaffirmed traditional Catholicism b. Tried to end Church abuses (ex. End of Indulgences) c. Set up schools for clergy 3. Effects of the Reformation a. Formation of Protestant Churches (Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, etc.) b. Religious & Political Divisions in Europe c. Religious Conflicts: Catholic v. Protestant A Religiously Divided Europe d. Anti-Semitism –Jews put in ghettos e. Witch Hunts—mostly women The Reformation A. Explosion of Protestant Sects 1. Influences of Luther, Calvin 2. Anabaptists a. Today’s influence on Baptists, Mennonites, Amish B. The English Reformation 1. King Henry VIII* Seeks An Annulment a. Wanted annulment from wife— due to only having a daughter with her: Mary Tudor* (Bloody Mary) Henry VIII Catherine of Aragon b. Henry fell in love w/ Anne Boleyn c. Wanted more power , $ , and a son d. But Pope refused to annul the marriage 2. Breaking With The Church a. Henry took over control of Church of England b. He appointed Thomas Cranmer as new archbishop =Cranmer annulled the marriage Archbishop Cranmer c. Henry married Anne Boleyn (executed 3 years later) 1. Their daughter Elizabeth* d. Act of Supremacy=English ruler to be head of English church=Anglican Church 3. Strengthening the Church of England a. Henry closed many convents & monasteries, kept their land =$ b. Anglican Church kept many Catholic customs Wives of Henry VIII = 6 total 4. Religious Turmoil a. Death of Henry VIII in 1547 b. =his son Edward VI took throne, only 9 yrs. old & sickly 1. Protestant advisors =Protestant reforms 2. Died young =age 18 yrs. Edward VI c. =Queen Mary (from 1st marriage)=Catholic 1. Returned England to Catholicism 2. “Bloody Mary” 3. Died childless at age 38 Mary Tudor Very Catholic Put thousands of Protestants to death d.=Queen Elizabeth I, ruled for 52yrs (Anne’s daughter) =Protestant 5. Elizabethan Settlement a. Enacted compromise between Catholics & Protestants =unity & stability =England’s Golden Age The Tudor Rose Henry VIIICatholic, then Protestant Elizabeth I Protestant Edward VI Protestant Mary I Catholic The TUDORS Pg. 434 A. Changing Views of the Universe 1. Classical Ideas: a. Earth=center of the universe B. Galileo’s* Heresies 1. His telescope: a. Observed moons of Jupiter b. Galileo realized the sun is the center of our solar system 2. Church challenged him/his findings =put on trial during Inquisition for heresy 3. Forced to say Earth center of universe C. Bacon &Descartes: Revolutionary Thinkers 1. Both wanted to understand how truth is determined 2. Long process of investigation required for truth Francis Bacon Rene Descartes Bacon* -English -stressed experiment & observation -wanted to create useful tools Descartes* -French -stressed human reasoning -“I think, therefore I am” The Thinker